Five Favorite Films with Hitchcock Director Sacha Gervasi

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Arguably the most famous director in cinema history (and the auteur behind the recently crowned Greatest Movie of All Time), Alfred Hitchcock can't be an easy subject for an on-screen biography. British-born director Sacha Gervasi has taken a shot at it with this week's Hitchcock, which adapts -- with some creative license -- Stephen Rebello's 1990 book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, while exploring the relationship between Hitch (played by Anthony Hopkins) and his wife Alma Reville (Helen Mirren), as he fights to make the thriller that would prove one of his biggest and most influential hits. Gervasi, known for his hugely entertaining 2007 metal documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil, called in to chat about Hitchcock, the challenge of taking on a movie icon, working with Hopkins, and separating the man from the mythology. Read on for that, but first, he talks about his five favorite films.

Crazy in Love: 10 Mad Movie Romances

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With David O. Russell's comedy-romance Silver Linings Playbook opening this week, we take a look at 10 famous movie couples caught between love and madness.

Holiday Gift Guide 2012

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Every year, we strive to bring you a wealth of movie-related gift ideas, and this holiday season we've separated them into a few handy categories for the discerning shopper. From collectibles and memorabilia to books and primo box sets to gear and gadgets for film buffs, have a look through our Holiday Movie Gift Guide and find the perfect present for Moms, Dads, Kids, Girls, and Guys!

Five Favorite Films with Starlet Director Sean Baker

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One of the buzz films at this year's SXSW festival, writer-director Sean Baker's Starlet explores the unusual friendship between a 21-year-old actress (Dree Hemingway) and an 85-year-old woman (Besedka Johnson) when their lives cross paths in California's San Fernando Valley. Featuring breakout performances -- especially from Hemingway, the daughter of actress Mariel and great-granddaughter of writer Ernest -- the movie is getting early praise from critics ahead of its release in New York and Los Angeles this week. We caught up with director Sean Baker recently, who shared with us an interesting list of his five favorite films.

Best Horror Movies (2012 Update)!

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Better put on your Gloves of Evil Handling: Here comes the Best Horror Movies (2012 Update)!